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Fanshawe Yacht Club * June 24-25, 2006 Race 2 pics (mostly) by Jenna Goldt |
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| Race 2
brought us similar winds and course, starting with a
beat into the
mouth of Wye Creek, whence a series of ... ... |
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| ... small puffs ... click here for full-size pic; then click Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ...
made
their way down ... click here for full-size pic; then click Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ... through ... click here for full-size pic; then click Back button to return to this page ... |
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| ... the fleet. ... |
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| Al
rounds
with a narrow lead over Dwight. Never mind defending his
wind against
Dwight. All Marc and Al want to do here is get out from
under the cliff
where the risk of ... ... |
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| ... getting no wind at all is high. Here Jens
(7663) limps
around ahead of Al Nichols (7380). ... |
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| Jens,
too,
tries to get away from the shore while the getting is
(fairly) good! ... |
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| Al
holds the
boom out so that he can heel the boat slightly to
windward to help the
spinnaker fill (and to reduce wetted surface). ... |
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| Dwight
and
Pat continue to ghost along in 2nd place. ... |
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| Excellent
light-air
upwind form for Alastair and David as they begin beat
#2. ... |
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I think it was
right
about here that Al (3854) ghosted past an obstruction
in the form of a
guy fishing from an inner tube. He yelled at me as I
luffed up and
passed him with a good six inches to spare on the side
away from his
fishing rod. "We're racing for our National
Championship here, " I
soothingly explained. "Fuck off!" he shot back with
his rapier-like wit.
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| More
shifts
off the west shore have left Al Nichols (7380) and Daryl
Van Kampen
(667) nearly becalmed, while raising Jeff Eames' (7220)
and Len
Macdougall's (6732) hopes that they will pass to
leeward. ... |
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| Oops!
Looks
like Jeff (7220) should have gone down with the puff
like Len (6732) is
doing. ... |
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| Mike
Codd
rounds just ahead of first-race winner, Jens Biskaborn. ... |
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| Jens
(7663)
just escapes an impending mark mess, as do Bob Kennedy
and Peter
Galsworthy (3571) who have made big gains by staying
away from the west
shore. ... |
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| Lots of
fun
here! Taking advantage of the mess are ... ... |
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Fred
Black and Michael Kachkovsky (7379) who will move up a
few spots. ... |
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| Bob
(3571),
Len (6732) and Fred (7379) start beat #2 to the finish
with a nice puff. ... |
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| To
windward
of Bob (3571), Jens appears to have inexplicably run out
of wind!! ... |
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| Looks
like
Jeff (7220) is the only one choosing to sail straight at
the finish
line here. Of course, by doing the "right" thing, he may
end up sailing
out of the nice breeze blessing Bob (3571). ... |
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| Jeff (l)
and Al Nichols dare to go where I have never found
anything
but trouble - the east shore south of #2. (Indeed, they
finished last
and 2nd-last.) ... |
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| Nearing
the
finish: (l to r) Jens, Mike and Bob. Off Mike's
bow, we can see
Uncle Al relaxing after scoring his first win of the
series. ... |
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| Brad
Biskaborn and ... ... |
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Aaron
Goldt, our High-Performance Mark-set Team. ... |
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| Al
Nichols
gets a nice breeze but it's ... ... |
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| ... too
little, too late! ... |
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| Rick
Goldt
directs the mark-laying for race 3 as daughter, Jenna,
beautifies the
barge. |
| Index | |
| results report photos: shore pics - 1 shore pics - 2 awards Bobby Hampton action shots |
race 1 race 2 race 3 & 4 race 4 race 5 race 6 races 7 - 9 |